Fighters halt Beirut camp attack as toll rises
Palestinian fighters stopped a tank led assault by Amal militiamen at a Beirut refugee camp and claimed to have overpowered the last Shiite resistance at Maghdousheh. Police reported 105 killed and 269 wounded in the two fronts, with 45 dead at Chatilla camp and 60 dead in Maghdousheh.
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Four Sikh terrorists massacre 24 Hindus on Punjab bus
In Punjab state on Sunday four Sikh gunmen separated Hindus from other passengers on a state run bus near Khudda and killed 24, wounding eight. Police say the attackers escaped on motor scooters. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi called the killings a diabolical conspiracy against India’s unity.
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Aquino Says Critics Underestimate Her Ambition
President Corazon Aquino declares that skeptics are loud talkers and asserts that Ferdinand Marcos was not the last to misjudge her. She references cabinet resignations, Enrile’s fallout, and her grip on power as she faces ongoing political turmoil in Manila.
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